Robert and Judith's Gap Year: Aug 21-22 Rockhampton

We flew into Rockhampton a few years ago and stayed in a house for a week at a coastal town called Zilzie Bay. We really enjoyed that holiday and were looking forward to seeing the coast near Rockhampton again. We also had arranged for our mail to be forwarded to Rockhampton Post Office for collection. We arrived in the area on Sunday so obviously the Post Office wasn't open. We drove to Yeppoon, a large town on the coast and then continued around the coast to Emu Park and Zilzie Bay. What we remembered of a sleepy little village at Emu Park is now a happening place. Sunday markets were on and there were people everywhere. The beaches were still great. We stopped for lunch and a swim at Emu Park.

The beach view near Yeppoon

I saw dolphins playing in the water

Me and Prin just sitting and soaking up the view

The wind pipes at Emu Park

Views to more beaches at Emu Park

Princess poses for a special photo with me for Ruby

After lunch we drove on to Zilzie Bay and found the house where we had stayed on our previous visit. We could also see the island that Pamela and I swam to and I nearly drowned. Great memories.

The holiday house in Zilzie Bay where we stayed a couple of years ago

Views to the island out from Zilzie

The caravan park at Emu Park was very busy so we decided to drive back towards Rockhampton. We stayed at Gracemere caravan park about 5km out of Rockhampton. The following day we went to collect our mail, which wasn't there. Bugger. We then planned a round trip that we could do in a day so that we would end up back in Rockhampton again the following day. We stayed the night at Dululu, a quiet one-pub town, which had a neat free-camp area. We applauded the "No Generators" signs around the camp site. Unfortuinately for Judith our pleasant stay here was somewhat tarnished by the strange man who came out of the ladies toilet. It was after dark and a bit creepy as he wasn't a camper. We visited Mount Morgan on the way back the next day - another town famous for its gold mining history.

Fortunately, our mail had arrived on the Tuesday. After collecting it we continued our way south down the coast.